CRAFT RECORDINGS AND INDEPENDIENTE

ANNOUNCE AN EXPANDED REISSUE FOR MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD’S

ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM

QUIXOTIC

 

Debuting on vinyl and available for pre-order today, the album features three B-sides,

plus an unreleased alternative mix

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Los Angeles, CA (August 6, 2024) – Craft Recordings and Independiente are proud to announce an expanded vinyl reissue for Martina Topley-Bird‘s 2004 critically acclaimed and Mercury Award nominated debut album Quixotic. Available for pre-order today, and due out September 6^th, the expanded 2-LP edition housed in a gatefold sleeve features the original album and three B-sides, plus an unreleased alternate mix of the album’s lead single “Sandpaper Kisses.” It will also be made available digitally.

 

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Martina Topley-Bird, the revered singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist gained immediate attention as a vocalist and collaborator on Tricky’s groundbreaking 1995 debut album Maxinquaye. The album, which was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, is seen by many as one of the most innovative and influential albums of a generation and her atmospheric vocal performance saw her star rise almost instantly.

 

Topley-Bird would go on to collaborate with Tricky on three follow-up albums before launching a solo career in 2003. The following year, Topley-Bird released Quixotic via Independiente to critical acclaim. Admired and revered by many of her songwriting peers for the albums range of musical styles, Mojo called Quixotic “[a] sensual, endlessly inventive record,” while Q Magazine praised the album’s “…classy, laid-back” and “beyond human” experience.  Pitchfork applauded the vocal performance…“Topley-Bird’s voice continues to be a strange and beautiful thing.”

 

The album features production and accompaniment from several luminaries including Mark Lanegan (vocals) and founding member of the Queens of the Stone Age, Josh Homme (guitar). ​David Holmes produced “Too Tough to Die,” which was also covered by Neneh Cherry and The Twilight Singers. ​Tricky provided additional production on “Sandpaper Kisses” and produced, co-wrote and added vocals on “Ragga’.” David Arnold arranged strings on “Soulfood” and “Stevie’s (Days of a Gun)’” which he also co-produced. and backing vocals come from Cath Coffey of Stereo MC’s.

 

Topley-Bird has released further solo albums, including Anything (2004), The Blue God (2008), Some Place Simple (2010) and Forever I Wait (2021) and has also collaborated with Massive Attack, Gorillaz, Common, Diplo, Prodigy and “Sandpaper Kisses” has been interpolated by The Weeknd on his song “The Birds pt. 2 “

 

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Tracklisting:  

 

SIDE A

1. Intro
2. Need One
3. Anything
4. Soul Food

 

SIDE B

1. Lullaby
2. Too Tough To Die
3. Sandpaper Kisses
4. Ragga

 

SIDE C

1. Lying
2. I Wanna Be There
3. I Still Feel
4. Ilya
5. Aaron (In the Daze Of A Gun)

 

SIDE D

1. Too Tough To Die (Hot To Tape Mix)
2. Sandpaper Kisses (Alternate Mix)
3. Hours Away
4. Skyscraper

 

 

About Craft Recordings:

Craft Recordings is home to one of the largest and most essential collections of master recordings and compositions in the world. Its storied repertoire includes landmark releases from icons such as Joan Baez, John Coltrane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Celia Cruz, Miles Davis, Isaac Hayes, John Lee Hooker, Little Richard, R.E.M., Joan Sebastian, and Traveling Wilburys. Plus, the catalog recordings of celebrated contemporary acts including A Day to Remember, Evanescence, Alison Krauss, Nine Inch Nails, Taking Back Sunday and Violent Femmes, to name just a few. Renowned imprints with catalogs issued under the Craft banner include Fania, Fantasy, Fearless, Musart, Nitro, Panart, Prestige, Riverside, Rounder, Specialty, Stax, Vanguard, Varèse Sarabande, Vee-Jay and Victory, among many others. Craft creates thoughtfully curated packages, with a meticulous devotion to quality and a commitment to preservation—ensuring that these recordings endure for new generations to discover. Craft is also home to the Billie Holiday and Tammy Wynette estates which preserve and protect their respective names, likeness and music through day-to-day legacy management of these cultural trailblazers.

 

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